In our last creative writing lesson we went back over the different parts of an explanation piece of writing and we began writing our explanation piece on how chocolate is made. We viewed a video online and took down notes on how chocolate is made. We planned out the paragraphs for our piece:

• Title
• Introduction
• Paragraph 1 – Where are cacao trees grow? flowers, pods, cutting the pods, beans.
• Paragraph 2 – What happens to the beans after they come off the tree? wooden boxes, pulp to liquid, sun, factory, paste
• Paragraph 3 – How is the paste made into chocolate? sugar, milk, mold, solid, wrapper
• Conclusion

We began writing our first opening paragraph with a definition of chocolate which we found in the dictionary and we an overall statement about what the explanation was about

e.g. Chocolate is a sweet treat that is made from ground cacao seeds. Although you may think it is simple, it takes a long process to make create a bar of chocolate.

You can now view the video once again and try to create your explanation piece on how chocolate is made.
Remember to use the video to gather information only – your explanation must be in your own words.